Improvement in bird-cage screens



G. W. 'GHAPIN. BIRD-CAGE SCREEN.

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WITNESSES N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D I

UNIT D STATES GILBERT W. GHAPIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BIRD-CAGE SCREENS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 186,7 ll, dat J mia y1877; application filed December 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT W. GHAPIN, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Bird Gage Screen, of which the following is a specification:

The figure is a perspective view of my improved device shown as openedout.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved screen to beapplied to the lower part of a bird-cage, to prevent the seed and shellsfrom being scattered upon the floor, which shall be simple inconstruction, strong, durable, easily put on and taken 011', shall beornamental to the cage, may trimmed to any desired extent, and shall beinexpensive in manufacture.

The invention consists in a bird-cage screen formed ofthe frame, made intwo or more parts, connected together by rods, and the gauze to adapt itto be applied to a birdcage.

A are two Wires, which are bent in U shape, and have eyes formed uponthe ends of their arms to receive the rod B, by which they are securedand hinged to each other. The frame may then be bent into a ring form,as shown in the figure, or into other form to correspond with the'formof the cage to which it is to be applied.

The frame may be made in more than two parts, hinged to each other byrods B, if desired.

O is a strip of gauze, tarlatan, or other suitable material, in whichare formed shirrs or hems to receive the wires A. the eyes upon the endsof the wires A enabling them to be more invention, I secure by LettersWitnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDG-WIGK.

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